Category: Book Radar

What do we want?

BOOKS.

When do we want them?

SHH I’M TRYING TO READ.

Happy Monday, readers! I hope you had a wonderful weekend, and read something awesome. As always, I have some fun stuff to share with you today. Please be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – and you are doing a great job! I’ll see you again on Thursday. – xoxo, Liberty

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Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, noblewoman of one of the finest houses in Lancashire, is pregnant for the fourth time, having been unable to carry a baby to term so far. When Fleetwood finds a hidden letter from the doctor who delivered her last stillbirth, she learns of the prediction that she will not survive another pregnancy. By chance she meets a midwife who promises to help Fleetwood deliver a healthy baby and prove the physician wrong. As the midwife, Alice, is drawn into the witchcraft accusations sweeping the area, Fleetwood must risk everything to help clear her name. Historians have asked, “was witch-hunting woman-hunting?” THE FAMILIARS explores the themes of women’s rights in this period, many of which still resonate today.

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Here’s this week’s trivia question: What was the name of the real-life inspiration for “Alice” in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Kat Howard is writing a sequel to An Unkindness of Magicians.

Sandra Bullock teaming up with Netflix again for Reborn.

A modern-day retelling of Anna Karenina is being made into a series with a Korean-American lead. It’s based on the YA novel Anna K by Jenny Lee.

A new Nancy Drew series is coming to the CW.

E.L. James announced a new book – and it isn’t about the Greys.

CNN’s Jim Acosta is writing a book on the current administration.

The second season of She-Ra: Princess of Power is coming to Netflix April 26.

USA picks up Briarpatch anthology series starring Rosario Dawson.

Cover Reveals

Here’s the cover reveal of the anthology Color Outside the Lines, edited by Sangu Mandanna. (Soho Teen, November)

Here’s the first look at The Grace Year by Kim Liggett (Wednesday Books, September 17)

Tor Books revealed the cover of Longer by Michael Blumlein. (Tor.com, May 28)

And here’s the first look at The Undefeated by Una McCormack, a feminist space opera. (Tor.com, May 14)

GQ has the first look at fashion designer Dapper Dan’s memoir. (Random House, July 9)

And I Read YA revealed *eight* upcoming covers of books being released in the fall.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Loved, loved, loved:

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, June 25)

I was super excited to read this book based on the description, and it was completely warranted enthusiasm, because WOW. This is a fabulous YA novel set in modern-day Seoul, about a young woman named for Gu Miyoung. Miyoung is a Gumiho, a nine-tailed fox, who must eat the souls of men to survive. I mean, do I even need to say more?? Okay, I will: Miyoung must choose between her immortal life or staying with the boy she loves. Who, I might add, she met when she saved him from a murderous goblin. I mean COME ON. Nine-tailed foxes, murderous goblins…this book is A+++ fun.

What I’m reading this week.

Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain by Danny Goldberg

Patsy: A Novel by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett

Book joke of the week:

Why are first books afraid of their sequels? Because they always come after them.

Weekly kitten picture: Kitten tarts.

Trivia answer: Alice Liddell.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Welcome back, book fans! I have a few great things to tell you today, and I want to remind you that this weekend is the 24-in-48 Readathon. It’s really fun, and there’s still time to sign up! For those of you who have never participated, 24-in-48 means trying to read 24 of the 48 hours. But however many hours you read is great – the main goal is to spend time reading. Because there’s nothing better than that! Whatever you decide to do, please be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that life is hard – you are doing a great job! – xoxo, Liberty

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P.S. Should there be a weekly kitten picture? Here’s one, just in case.

Trivia question time! What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Syfy has renewed The Magicians for a fifth season.

Eve Ewing is writing another story in the Marvelverse.

Tor Books is releasing Robert Jordan’s never-before-seen first novel.

Harlequin have launched a creator fund for the Feel Good Project, for works that are – wait for it – feel-good.

Congratulations to Rioter Eric Smith! His new novel, Reclaim the Sun, is coming in 2020.

Two USA Today bestselling vampire series optioned for the small screen.

The Wizard of Oz will return to theaters for its 80th anniversary.

And BlacKKKlansman, based on the memoir by Ron Stallworth, is returning to theaters after garnering six Academy Award nominations.

Cover Reveals

Here’s the first look at Alphabet Squadron (Star Wars) by Alexander Freed. (Del Rey, June 11)

And here’s another amazing cover: Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite. (Inkyard Press, September 3)

Here’s the beautiful cover of Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 8)

And here’s a cover reveal and a sneak peek at Wicked Fox by Kat Cho. (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, June 25)

Sneek Peeks

Ellen revealed the first trailer for the new Nancy Drew movie.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Excited to read:

Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava Series) by Roshani Chokshi (Rick Riordan Presents, April 30)

I loved the first Aru Shah book so flippin’ much. It’s so inventive, and action-packed, and I loved the cranky pigeon sidekick. He’s very Zazu. And Aru Shah is a great character! She’s very realistic, and I appreciate that she’s flawed, because heroes who don’t make mistakes are boring. So you can bet I am chomping at the bit to get my hands on this one! If you didn’t read the first one, I HIGHLY recommend it.

What I’m reading this week.

Patsy: A Novel by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain by Danny Goldberg

What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break Their Silence by Michele Filgate

And this is funny.

Having three cats in the house now reminded me of my favorite New Yorker piece. (Slightly NSFW.)

Trivia answer: Captain Flint.

You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Happy Monday, you glorious humans! I hope you had a wonderful weekend, and that you didn’t get too much snow. Er, assuming you are somewhere that gets snow. (If you are not, I am so jealous of you right now.) (Unless you live somewhere with scorpions.) Enjoy your upcoming week, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that I love you and I like you. – xoxo, Liberty

P.S. Here is a kitten standing on a book.

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Here’s this week’s trivia question: What private investigator lives in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

The fantasy novel Empire of Sand has been optioned for television.

Mary H. K. Choi confirmed that she has a new book on the way.

Huzzah! Former Rioter Preeti Chhibber is writing a Spider-Man: Far from Home tie-in for Marvel!

The release date for Where’d You Go, Bernadette? has been pushed back.

NBC orders Lincoln pilot based on Jeffrey Deaver’s The Bone Collector books.

Cover Reveals

Here’s the first peek at The Beautiful, Renée Ahdieh’s new vampire novel.

And here’s the lovely cover of They Could Have Named Her Anything by Stephanie Jimenez.

Here’s the first look at The Fire Opal Mechanism by Fran Wilde. (Tor.com, June 4)

And EW has the first look at the new Laura Lippman: Lady in the Lake. (William Morrow, July 23)

Sneak Peeks

Here’s the first look at Gone, featuring Chris Noth, based on One Kick by Chelsea Cain.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Loved, loved, loved:

Science Comics: Cats: Nature and Nurture by Andy Hirsch (First Second, August 13)

I was delighted by the wonderful illustrations and all the information in the book, but my favorite part is when Hirsch poses the question: Are house cats domesticated? And his answer is pretty much, “LOLOLOL, NOPE.” Basically, if your cat was big enough, it would eat you, no matter how well you get along.

What I’m reading this week.

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence edited by Michele Filgate

Book joke of the week:

A guy walks into a library.

Guy: Can I have a burger and some fries?

Librarian: Sir, this is a library.

Guy: Right, sorry. *whispers* Can I have a burger and some fries?

Trivia answer: Kinsey Millhone.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Hello, and happy Thursday! It has already been an exciting week, both in the book world (SO MANY COVER REVEALS!) and here in Maine – because I got kittens! So as you can guess, there has not been a lot of reading getting done the last few days, because of all the cuteness, but it should be back to normal soon. Please enjoy this picture of a kitten in unicorn pajamas as you head into your weekend. And please be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that I love you and I like you. – xoxo, Liberty

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No one knows what Nikolai endured in his country’s bloody civil war – and he intends to keep it that way. As the young king strives to rebuild his country and forge new alliances, the dark magic growing within him threatens to destroy all he has built. Nikolai must journey to the places where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. But some secrets aren’t meant to stay buried—and some wounds aren’t meant to heal. Enter the Grishaverse with this new novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Face your demons…or feed them.

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Here’s this week’s trivia question:  Who said, “We all tell ourselves stories in order to live?” (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Anne Hathaway to star in Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches.

Sharon Stone and Cynthia Nixon join cast of Netflix’s Cuckoo’s Nest prequel Ratched.

Tomi Adeyemi announced a new release date of Children of Virtue & Vengeance.

A+E Studios is partnering with Swoon Reads to develop YA for TV/film.

Scott Lynch’s Gentlemen Bastard series sold to Phoenix Pictures for development.

A live-action The Hunchback of Notre Dame movie musical is in the works.

Bill Skarsgård and Eliza Scanlen join Netflix’s adaptation of The Devil All the Time.

A new Star Trek novel will explore the U.S.S. Enterprise pre-Captain Kirk.

Cover Reveals

It’s here! Congratulations to Rioter Karina Yan Glaser on the beautiful cover for her forthcoming book, The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue! (HMH Books for Young Readers, September 17)

Here’s the first look at Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir, In the Dream House. SPOILER: It’s amazing. (Graywolf Press, October 1)

And here’s the first look at the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina prequel, Season of the Witch by Sarah Rees Brennan. (Scholastic Inc., July 9)

Daniel José Older shared the cover of his next adult novel: The Book of Lost Saints. (Imprint, November 5)

And here’s the cover for Make It Scream, Make It Burn: Essays by Leslie Jamison. (Little, Brown and Company, September 24)

And check out Cari Mora, the new novel coming from Silence of the Lambs author Thomas Harris! (Grand Central Publishing, May 21)

And Tor.com released several incredible covers out into the world: Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (June 18), The Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson (July 9), and The Border Keeper by Kerstin Hall July 16).

Sneek Peeks

Here’s a look at the first pages of Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks. (First Second, August 27)

Here’s a new teaser for the final season of Game of Thrones.

And here’s the trailer for Siempre Bruja: Always a Witch on Netflix, based on the novel Yo, Bruja by Isidora Chacón.

And here’s the first trailer for Spiderman: Far from Home.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Excited to read:

The Need by Helen Phillips (Simon & Schuster, July 9)

Helen Phillips is amazing and I am wildly in love with her work, so I cannot wait to get my hands on this novel, about a paleobotanist who hears an intruder in her house while she’s alone with her small children. She has to protect her children, but also the identity of the intruder is going to shock her. It is sure to be brilliant!

What I’m reading this week.

96 Words for Love by Rachel Roy and Ava Dash

Toast by Laurie Foos

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

And this is funny.

Can’t. Stop. Watching.

Trivia answer: Joan Didion.

You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Hello, and welcome to another Monday! How was your weekend? I didn’t get as much reading done as I usually did – GASP – but I had a good reason: I was wrangling kittens! It was as much fun as you’d imagine. But I got a little reading in while they napped. Enjoy your upcoming week, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that I love you and I like you. – xoxo, Liberty

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Sponsored by Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones by Micah Dean Hicks.

Like everyone in Swine Hill, Jane is haunted — her ghost feeds on the fears of everyone around her. Jane’s brother is ridden by a genius ghost that forces him to build dangerous machines. Their mother is possessed by a spirit that burns anyone she touches. In Swine Hill, a place of defeat and depletion, there are more dead than living. And when new arrivals begin scoring precious jobs at the last factory in town, both the living and the dead are furious, and Jane must find a way to save her family and escape the town before it kills them.

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Here’s this week’s trivia question: Which Dickens novel was left unfinished at the time of his death? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Melissa Albert announced The Night Country, the sequel to The Hazel Wood.

Netflix is making a Shadow And Bone series based on Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse books.

Sarah Michelle Gellar will star in Sometimes I Lie, based on the novel by Alice Feeney.

2 Dope Queens, featuring Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams, announced a second season of their HBO show.

Europa Editions is launching a nonfiction imprint.

A director has been named for the adaptation of John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down.

Cover Reveals

Book Riot had the reveal of Mary Fan’s YA novel, Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon.

Geek & Sundry has the first look at Geek Girls Don’t Cry: Real-Life Lessons From Fictional Female Characters by Andrea Towers. (Sterling, April 2)

And speaking (speeking?) of geeks, Den of Geek has the first look at the new She-Ra book, She-Ra: Origin of a Hero. (Scholastic Inc., April 30)

Tor.com revealed another amazing cover of one of their upcoming titles: The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht. (Tor.com, Sep 24)

Here’s the first look at Experiments in Joy by Gabrielle Civil. (Civil Coping Mechanisms, February 15)

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Loved, loved, loved:

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (Ballantine Books, June 25)

Holmes is the main host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, and Evvie Drake is a fantastic novel that showcases all the wit and smarts you would expect from her, if you’re a fan of the show. (If you’ve never heard it, I suggest you fix that!) Evvie Drake is about a young widow and a burned-out ballplayer in Maine who strike up a friendship. There’s plenty of witty banter and “will they, won’t they” tension, but it’s also a freaking smart, emotionally charged story about loss. I can’t wait for everyone to read it.

What I’m reading this week.

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage

Book joke of the week:

Why are writers always cold? Because they’re surrounded by drafts.

Trivia answer: The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Welcome back, book fans! We’re in the middle of a pretty exciting week. Lots of great cover reveals, lots of fabulous book news. And amazing books to read flying at us left and right! I have a feeling I’m going to have a wonderful rest of the week. I hope you all enjoy your upcoming weekend, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that I love you and I like you. – xoxo, Liberty

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Here’s this week’s trivia question: What author wrote the short story The Birds, which became a classic Alfred Hitchcock film? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Author Valeria Luiselli is joining Coffee House Press as a contributing editor.

Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman are turning Yiddish Policemen’s Union into a series.

Kamala Harris is releasing a children’s book.

Aaron Sorkin’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird has broken Broadway box office records.

Penguin Classics is adding America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan to its spring lineup, with an introduction by Elaine Castillo (who wrote America Is Not the Heart, which you should read immediately.)

Jeff Kinney announced a new Wimpy Kid book, this time from Rowley’s perspective.

HBO announced the Game of Thrones prequel cast and director.

Rick Riordan announced the newest Rick Riordan Presents book: City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda.

Stellan Skarsgard will play a villain in the new adaptation of Dune.

Cover Reveals

It’s here! Here’s the cover reveal for Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. IT’S AMAZING. And so is the book! (Tor.com, September 10)

And here’s the first look at Dusti Bowling’s follow-up to Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus: Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus. (Sterling Children’s Books, September 10)

Sneek Peeks

Here’s the first teaser trailer for HBO’s Watchmen series. (It’s a really big tease.)

Reese Witherspoon released an image in support of Big Little Lies 2.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Excited to read:

Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke

I am a HUGE fan of Locke’s first Highway 59 book, Bluebird, Bluebird, so to hear that 2019 will bring us the second novel about black Texas Ranger Darren Mathews is almost more excitement than I can handle. Especially since the first book, had such a jaw-dropping ending. (Mulholland Books, September 17)

What I’m reading this week.

Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage

The Orphan of Salt Winds by Elizabeth Brooks

The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

And this is funny.

It’s funny because it’s true.

Trivia answer: Daphne du Maurier.

You made it to the bottom! High five. Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Hey, hey, happy Monday, readers! I hope you had a marvelous weekend. I spent it – wait for it – reading books! It was wonderful. I hope you found great things to read as well, and if you’re looking for suggestions, or just want to pump up your TBR, behold! I tweeted my favorite 150 books of 2018 last week. It’s my favorite thing to do for New Year’s Day each year! You can see all the titles here.

I have to say, I’m enjoying the two newsletters a week situation! It makes them more manageable, more bite-sized. Enjoy your upcoming week, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that I love you and I like you. – xoxo, Liberty

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JUST FOR CLICKS: Mommy blogs are great…unless the blog belongs to yourmom. “Breezy and fresh meditation on privacy and relationships.” – Kirkus
MATCH ME IF YOU CAN: For fans of Kasie West and Jenny Han. “Will keep you smiling until the very last page.” – Rebecca Phillips
WHEN THE TRUTH UNRAVELS: Paper Towns meets Thirteen Reasons Why­—at prom. “For every teen girl trying her best, fearing she isn’t enough.”- Rachel Solomon

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Here’s this week’s trivia question: What does the ‘N’ in N.K. Jemisin stand for? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

The Cooking Gene author Michael W. Twitty announced he has a new book coming in December!

Queer Eye star Karamo Brown is publishing a memoir.

Huh. Ingrid Michaelson is turning The Notebook into a musical.

Ruby Rose’s Batwoman gets CW pilot order with Game of Thrones director.

Killing Eve sets season 2 premiere date.

Cover Reveals

Belletrist has the cover reveal for Costalegre by Courtney Maum.  (Tin House Books, July 2)

Tor.com is revealing the cover to Gideon the Ninth today, so I’ll share it in Thursday’s newsletter. I AM SO EXCITED!

Sneek Peeks

Here’s a peek at On the Come Up, the new novel from Angie Thomas.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Loved, loved, loved:

Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry (Art of the Story) by Elizabeth McCracken (Ecco, February 5, 2019)

I love Ecco’s Art of the Story series, and I am particularly thrilled that they are reissuing McCracken’s debut story collection, because she is a wonder and a marvel. Also! This is being released the same day as her fabulous new novel, Bowlaway. So that’s two reasons to be excited that day.

What I’m reading this week.

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: An Insider’s Look at the World of Flea Markets, Antiques, and Collecting by Maureen Stanton

Book joke of the week:

Why is a math book always unhappy? Because it always has lots of problems.

Trivia answer: Nora.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Happy New Year and welcome to the first Thursday edition of Book Radar! *MUPPET ARMS* I have a bit of news and fun stuff for you today, and I’ll be back on Monday with more, but also a bit of different fun stuff. I’m going to add a couple of new sections and keep on with the general bookish enthusiasm. It’s all so exciting!

I want to start off the new year by taking another opportunity to thank you for reading! Sharing book excitement is so much fun for me, and you make it possible! Enjoy your upcoming weekend, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that I love you and I like you. – xoxo, Liberty

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Sponsored by Reema Zaman and her forthcoming memoir, I Am Yours. To speak is a revolution.

It is time. It is time to free our voice. For too long women have been silenced. Now, women everywhere are breaking through the limits placed on us by family, society, and tradition. To find our voices. To make space for ourselves. Now is the moment to reclaim what was once lost, stolen, forsaken, or abandoned. I Am Yours is about my fight to protect and free my voice from those who have sought to silence me, for the sake of creating a world where all voices are respected. We’re in this together. You are mine, and I am yours.

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Here’s this week’s trivia question: Which of Shakespeare’s plays features a sorcerer named Prospero? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Bird Box broke Netflix records.

Roxane Gay announced the release date of How To Be Heard.

Chelsea Clinton’s next children’s book will look at endangered species.

This isn’t new-new, but it’s news to me! How did I miss that Perfume had a new modern-day adaptation?! I can’t wait to watch it. I looooove the novel. The movie? Not so much.

(It has been a quiet week because of the holidays, but big announcements and sneak peeks should be back to normal soon!)

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR! (It will now be books I loved on Mondays and books I’m excited to read on Thursdays. YAY, BOOKS!)

Excited to read:

March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women by Kate Bolick, Carmen Maria Machado, Jane Smiley, and Jenny Zhang (Library of America, August 27, 2019)

I haven’t even read Little Women (I know, I know) and I’m excited to read this book because WOW what a line-up! These four fantastic authors each share their thoughts and feelings about the Louisa May Alcott classic in honor of its 150th anniversary. Maybe 2019 will be the year I finally read it.

What I’m reading this week.

Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubé

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Outside the Gates by Molly Gloss

And this is funny.

Glen Weldon is always funny.

Trivia answer: The Tempest.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Happy last newsletter of 2018! Thank you so much for hanging out with me every week. And I have some BIG NEWS: Book Radar is going to be coming at you twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, starting January 3, 2019! I couldn’t be more excited if I swallowed a cat and broke out in kittens. I can’t wait to get started! I’m going to add a couple of new sections and keep on with the general bookish enthusiasm. Enjoy your upcoming week, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that I love you and I like you. – xoxo, Liberty

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Here’s this week’s trivia question: What was the original title of Fahrenheit 451? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Here’s the first look at Zachary Quinto as Charlie Manx in the upcoming NOS4A2 series. (Spoiler: He looks like someone destroyed the painting in Ted Danson’s attic.)

Marie-Helene Bertino announced two new novels!

Ashley C. Ford will host Buzzfeed’s new show.

Hidden Figures‘ NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson will release an autobiography next year.

GLOW comic book coming in March.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina gets another 16 episodes.

Brian K. Vaughan sets overall film and TV deal.

29 Dates by Melissa de la Cruz will air on Disney’s new streaming service.

MGM moves ahead with Reese Witherspoon’s adaptation of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.

Robyn Carr’s Virgin River series is being adapted for television.

Cover Reveals

Here’s the first look at The World Doesn’t Require You: Stories by Rion Amilcar Scott. (Liveright, August 20, 2019)

So in love with the cover of Biloxi by Mary Miller. (Liveright, May 21, 2019)

Tillie Walden shared a peek of her upcoming graphic novel Are You Listening? (First Second, September 10, 2019)

Sneak Peeks

It’s here! It’s the first official trailer for Where’d You Go, Bernadette?

And the first trailer for the Hellboy reboot.

And here’s the first image of George Clooney and Kyle Chandler in Hulu’s Catch-22 adaptation.

And here’s the first look at Julianna Margulies in the upcoming adaptation of The Hot Zone.

And you can watch the first Deadly Class episode online ahead of its January 16 release.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR!

Loved, loved, loved:

Kingdom of Needle and Bone by Mira Grant (Subterranean Press, December 31)

Nothing says “Happy holidays!” like a terrible pandemic, right? In this novella, most diseases have been eradicated, so the world doesn’t know what to do when a deadly new virus spreads quickly among the US population. The aunt of the first victim thinks she knows how to stop it – but it might be an unforgivable act. (Note: Subterranean Press makes limited editions for collectors, so if you know a big Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire fan, this would make a great gift!)

Excited to read:

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, June 25, 2019)

I just heard about this book about ten minutes before I sat down to write this and WOWWWWWW does it sound exciting. Set in modern-day Seoul, it’s about a Gumiho, a nine-tailed fox, who must eat the souls of men to survive. I would buy a book with just the description in it, tbh. MY BODY IS READY.

What I’m reading this week.

Speaking of Summer: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon

Elsey Come Home by Susan Conley

The Good Detective by John McMahon

All Summer Long by Hope Larson

What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan

And this is funny.

I feel the same, kitty. (And the responses to this hilarity are amazing.)

Trivia answer: The Fireman.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L

Hello and welcome to another Monday! It’s the start of another week full of reading and book news. Who else is getting itchy to turn over the calendar and start tracking a new year of reading? It’s almost time! I have set wild reading goals for 2019, and can’t wait to get started. TWO MORE WEEKS. For now, I hope you are reading something wonderful. Enjoy your upcoming week, be kind to yourself as well as others, and remember that I love you and I like you. – xoxo, Liberty

“Book Radar” is sponsored by Book Riot’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 Giveaway.

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Here’s this week’s trivia question:  How many publishers rejected the manuscript of the first Harry Potter book before it found a home? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)

Deals, Reals, and Squeals!

Amy Poehler is turning The Great Believers into a television series.

Roxane Gay announced a new comic, about master thieves in Chicago.

Alice Sola Kim’s short story Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying is being adapted.

Tegan and Sara are publishing a memoir.

And so is Cher!

Alyssa Milano is writing an activism-themed children’s book series.

John le Carré has a new novel coming in 2019.

Tracy Morgan is publishing a cookbook.

Issa Rae has signed a deal to help promote diverse writers.

David Kushner signed a deal with Hulu.

Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle, will be adapted into a film.

Catherynne M. Valente’s The Refrigerator Monologues is being turned into a series.

Jesmyn Ward to make middle grade debut.

My Dark Vanessa looks to be the biggest debut of 2019.

A documentary about Claudia Kishi from The Baby-Sitters Club is on its way.

Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang are coming to Apple.

Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction signed an adaptation deal for several works.

And this isn’t new news, but it’s new to me, and I AM EXCITE. Apparently there’s going to be a Tailchaser’s Song animated movie??? (Wikipedia says it’s coming in 2018, but as the year is almost over and the IMDb page hasn’t been updated since 2017, I’m guessing not. But still! Maybe next year!)

Cover Reveals

Swoon Reads has the cover reveal of If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann. (Swoon Reads, June 4, 2019)

Here’s the reveal of the fourth book in JY Yang’s Tensorate series: Ascent to Godhood. (Tor.com, July 30, 2019)

Sneak Peeks

SO EXCITED FOR THIS: Here’s the first trailer for The Umbrella Academy on Netflix.

And the first US trailer for the documentary Becoming Astrid, about Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking.

And here’s the first trailer for The ABC Murders, with John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot.

Here’s the first trailer for Netflix’s Marie Kondo show.

Book Riot Recommends 

At Book Riot, I work on the New Books! email, the All the Books! podcast about new releases, and the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. I am very fortunate to get to read a lot of upcoming titles, and learn about a lot of upcoming titles, and I’m delighted to share a couple with you each week so you can add them to your TBR!

I have been behind in my reading the last couple weeks (and many of you know why and thank you for the love.) So I haven’t read anything new to share with you today. But! I have the next two weeks to catch up, so WATCH THIS SPACE!

Excited to read:

Deep River by Karl Marlantes Atlantic Monthly Press (July 2, 2019)

I AM SO EXCITED. I had no idea this novel was a thing that was happening, so I flapped my Muppet arms so hard when I saw it, I practically levitated. I am a HUGE fan of his last novel, Matterhorn, and this one is even bigger!

What I’m reading this week.

Never-Contented Things: A Novel of Faerie by Sarah Porter

Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt

Ruse by Cindy Pon

The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac by Sharma Shields

The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters: A Novel by Balli Kaur Jaswal

And this is funny.

Kit Harington’s How To Train Your Dragon audition tape.

Trivia answer: Twelve. And they must still be kicking themselves.

You made it to the bottom! Thanks for reading! – xo, L